As indicated in our communique yesterday, this whole ‘espionage scandal’ is begining to look like mere media hype regarding an irresponsible act by a low-level DoD figure.
The New York Times today finds a new ‘official’ who says
that news reports about the inquiry compromised important investigative steps, like the effort to follow the trail back to the Israelis.
Note the assumption that the trail does go back to the Israelis. And here’s another new tidbit:
Mr. Franklin began cooperating with agents this month in an arrangement that is still not completely understood. He agreed to help the authorities monitor his meetings with his contacts at the lobbying group. It is not clear whether the authorities in exchange agreed to grant him any form of leniency.
So Franklin may have been put in a position in which his own freedom was dependent on placing the AIPAC agents in a comprimised position.
Developing….
UPDATE: Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is calling the whole affair ‘nothing but media nonsense that has been manipulated and exaggerated by the press.’
